The second episode in our Shop Life video series is out!  In this episode we continue the shop tour by taking at look at the primary tool box Kevin uses when wrenching on the evo at the shop.   We talk about the logic in why the box is laid out, and the 5S methodology behind it.     The second part of the episode we cover the January shop efficiency numbers, and the P&L report for the shop to see how its doing and what we need to spend more time working on next month!  

We have started a new video series dedicated to those who truly Do It For A Living! We are calling it Shop Life, and every week we will post up a video about things related to owning, operating and dealing with running a shop!  Check out Episode 1 below where we give a tour of our shop, Evolution Dynamics, and don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel!    

It’s all too common to have a fleet of dormant cars taking up space at the shop. They are usually comprised of personal project cars, delinquent customer cars, and long-term never-ending builds. High car count typically means excessive storage fees, long lead times, and headaches resulting from trying to remember every last detail about the cars. You are probably saying “Yes” to too many projects and also not charging enough for your services. You may be bringing in projects before they are actually ready to be worked on and accepting projects that exceed your skill set. Plus, you probably hate...

In this post, we will document the work flow necessary to manage a job from start to finish. Thankfully, this process is essentially the same for all of us, regardless of what kind of cars you work on or what you do to them. Below are 6 steps that should occur with every build. It is critical that each step be optimized to ensure the vehicle passes through the shop as quickly as possible. This means setting clear expectations and goals for the person responsible for each step. Think about which person is responsible for each step and make sure they...

If you read the 3-part blog post about Shop Management, you should be comfortable with the idea of creating specific tasks for your work and tracking time on those tasks. Having that information helps you make decisions on which tasks make the most money and which tasks you may not want to perform. In this blog, I am going to show how to utilize the information you collect. I want to break down how you can use time tracking to analyze employee performance and I will be showing the times from my shop as an example. To start, the tech...